AI Business Transformation Manager

Grove Talent; South Shields; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Grove Talent is partnering with an international software group to appoint a Business Transformation Leader – AI. You'll work with leadership teams across software businesses to identify AI-driven opportunities and turn them into real commercial, product, and operational impact.

You will challenge existing ways of working, rethink products and operating models, and help build high-performing, multidisciplinary teams to demonstrate what AI can achieve and drive the transformation to sustainable

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading transformation across software-focused organizations.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous, multi-country contexts.
• Preferably with focus in AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identify AI-driven opportunities to create business impact.
• Collaborate with product, tech, commercial and ops teams.
• Challenge existing operating models and mindsets.
• Build high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive transformation with leadership to ensure accountability.

Skills

Business transformation

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

AI awareness

Change management

Job description

Business Transformation Leader – AI

Location: UK, Europe or North America

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a highly successful international software group to appoint a Business Transformation Leader – AI.

The organisation owns and develops a global portfolio of specialist software businesses across multiple industries and geographies. As AI fundamentally changes what is possible within software, the group is investing in helping its businesses turn that potential into real commercial, product and operational impact.

This isn't about simply introducing AI tools or making existing processes slightly faster. Has AI transformed how a team operates? Created a new product? Opened a new revenue stream? Dramatically improved productivity? Changed how the business competes?

Your role will be to help leadership teams identify those opportunities and turn them into reality.

What You'll Do

You'll work across different software businesses, markets and leadership teams to:

• Identify where AI can create significant business impact.
• Challenge existing assumptions and ways of working.
• Help businesses rethink products, teams and operating models.
• Work across technology, product, commercial and operational functions.
• Help build high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.
• Work alongside technical specialists to rapidly demonstrate what is possible.
• Navigate complex organisational dynamics and have difficult conversations when needed.
• Create momentum so leadership teams ultimately own and drive the transformation themselves.

Who We're Looking For

There isn't one obvious background for this role. You may have built or scaled technology businesses, led engineering or product teams, worked across startups and scale-ups, or moved from a technical background into broader business leadership. Ideally with some focus within AI.

What's more important is breadth of experience, curiosity and the ability to create change in difficult environments.

You'll ideally bring:

• Strong commercial and business judgement.
• Enough technical understanding to engage credibly across software, data and AI.
• Experience building or developing high-performing teams.
• Exceptional ability to read people and organisational dynamics.
• Confidence having challenging conversations while maintaining trust.
• The ability to influence without relying on hierarchy or title.
• Curiosity, adaptability and comfort operating in ambiguity.

We're not looking for someone to implement a predefined transformation methodology or coordinate a large corporate change programme.

We're looking for someone who has been close to the action — someone who has built things, changed things, experienced difficult situations and understands how businesses and people really operate under pressure.

Success will be measured by tangible outcomes: better businesses, stronger teams, new products, new revenue opportunities and fundamentally different levels of performance.